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icecat "mailto" handler does not work - and cannot be reconfigured by user

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From: Jonathan Brielmaier <jonathan.brielmaier <at> web.de>
To: 24066 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24066: icecat "mailto" handler does not work - and cannot be reconfigured by user
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 17:39:46 +0100

This issue annoys me, so I searched for a workaround which I found :)

In Icecat go to about:preferences -> General -> Applications (only a
header): Set mailto to `Use other` and set it to
`/run/current-system/profile/bin/icedove`.

$ grep mailto
/gnu/store/3zxx08qfl9q6d9s80p58521y9x3ni3p1-icedove-78.3.3/share/applications/icedove.desktop
MimeType=x-scheme-handler/mailto;

That seems correct. xdg-open mailto:foo <at> gnu.org works for me always, so
it really seems a Icecat/Firefox thing...

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